Legal Opinion
Fontaine v. Thomas
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided November 17, 1998No. AC 17511PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FOTI, J.
The defendant, Zeake Thomas, appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion to open and set aside a judgment rendered after he was defaulted for failing to appear. The defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) concluded that his letter to the clerk of the court did not constitute a valid pro se appearance, (2) abused its discretion in concluding that the defendant did not sustain his burden of proving that he was prevented by mistake, accident or other reasonable cause from filing an appearance and (3) refused to allow him to testify concerning the status of his…
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- Snow v. CaliseSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
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